About block 968,391
Bitcoin block 968,391 was mined by SpiderPool on September 24, 2026 at 11:49 AM UTC, 29 min 33 s after block 968,390. That is slower than the 10-minute target; long gaps are normal, since every hash attempt is an independent lottery ticket.
It confirmed 4,117 transactions in 1.60 MB (99.8% of the 4 million weight-unit limit). The median transaction paid 4.00 sat/vB, up from 2.00 sat/vB in the block before, and all fees added up to 0.0638 BTC. With the 3.125 BTC subsidy of halving era 5, SpiderPool earned 3.1888 BTC for this block.
Block 968,391 is number 712 of 2,016 in difficulty epoch 480; 1,304 blocks remain until the next difficulty adjustment at block 969,695. The next halving is at block 1,050,000, 81,609 blocks after this one.
Its hash starts with 20 zeros: that is the proof of work, a number below the target that the whole network’s hashrate had to search for. SpiderPool found 51 blocks in the week before. Today the block has 3,521 confirmations, so it is settled beyond any practical doubt.